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The 2025 edition of the national Women’s Basketball League will start on July 21 at the Atlantic and Savannah Conference centres respectively.
Sponsors of the annual competition in the past 20 years, Zenith Bank Plc, have expressed excitement about the jump ball date fixed by the Nigeria Basketball Federation.
The NBBF, the custodian of the league, initially announced July 1 as the jump ball date but later shifted it to July 21 due to ‘logistics reasons’.
The Group Chief Operation Officer and Managing Director of Zenith Bank, Dr. Adaora Umeoji, said the organisation was glad that the flagship sports event of Zenith Bank is taking off.
Umeoji said: “We look forward to this event every year because it is our number one in terms of the number of years we have put in and many other aspect in which we can count the results on our finger tips.
“Zenith Bank is proud that many of the ladies who took part in this league have gone ahead to represent the national team of Nigeria in continental and global events.
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“The list of such players is endless but we can also state categorically that the success story of D’ Tigress in AfroBasket, Olympic Games and FIBA Women World Cup has been made possible by some of our products in the league.
“This year, we are excited that many other future stars will come up from this event starting soon.”
A letter signed by NBBF Secretary General, Amina Amanchi, and forwarded to all the participating teams and stakeholders, stated that the phase 1 games in the preliminaries of the Atlantic and Savannah conferences will be played between July 21 and 29 in Benin, Edo State and between July 28 and August 5, 2025 in Abuja, FTC respectively.
The second Phase is billed to take place in the Atlantic Conference between August 24th and 1st September, in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the Savannah conference playoffs holds simultaneously same period, in Jos, Plateau State.
According to the NBBF, National Final 8 will come up in Lagos, on a date to be determined by the sponsors of the championship, Zenith Bank Plc.
